Top for children s carriages



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I. COLE.

TOP FOR GHILDS CARRIAGE.

. No. 246,291. Patented Aug. 30,1881.

N V ENTU R- 6Amn NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC COLE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY M. RICH- ARDSON ANDGEO. MGKEE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOP FOR CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,291, dated August30, 1881.

Application filed April 30, 1881.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo COLE, of Newark, county of Essex, and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tops forChildrens Carriages, of which the following description, in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to the tops of childrens carriages, and it hasfor its object the improvement of the curtain-receptacle in such tops.

To this end the invention consists in providing the lining of the topwith a curtain-receivin g pocket stitched or otherwise connected to suchlining, which, after the curtains have been inserted therein, has itsmouth closed to retain the curtains in the said pocket until needed.

Figure 1 represents an under-side View of a canopy-top provided with myimprovement; Fig. 2, an enlarged cross-section thereof, the curtainsbeing removed from the pocket and the latter pulled down to show it moreclearly, and Fig. 3 represents one of the side curtains detached.

The frame A of the top, of usual shape, is covered with enamel, cloth,or leather 1), wadded or padded underneath, as at e, and the edges ofthe cloth or leather, when secured to the frame A, are hidden behind thewelt-strip c, secured in place by the headed nails (1, all

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as usual. The under side of the top has the usuallining, g. Inaccordance with my invention, I secure to this lining g, by stitchesh, apiece of cloth or fabric, t, preferably the same in color and kind asthe lining g. This fabric i is stitched to the lining about three of itssides, leaving the pocket at open, preferably at its front side, for theinsertion'therein of the usual curtains of the top-both the sidecurtains and back curtains. One of the side curtains, l, is shown inFig. 3. This pocket is of sufficient size to receive three curtains. Thepocket is closed by engaging a button-hole in the cloth or fabric 2'with a button or stud, a. (See Fig. 1.)

I have omitted from the drawings the fringe or curtain with which thetop is usually protected.

I claim- A carriage-top having its lining provided with an attachedpocket, substantially as described, to receive and conceal the usualcurtains, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' ISAAC COLE.

Witnesses:

J. H. MARTIN, Jr., GEO. SCHMIDT.

